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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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POLING, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish lies 1½ mile N W of Angmering r. station, and 2¼ S E of Arundel; is in Worthing district; and has a postal pillar-box, of the name of Poling-Corner, under Arundel. Acres, 923. Real property, £1, 577. Pop., 203. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. A commandery of the Knights of St. John was near the Corner; and has been converted into a dwelling-house. Extensive Roman remains were discovered in the neighbourhood in 1819. There is a wild-fowl decoy. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £220.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There is a national school. The hundred contains also 10 other parishes, and is in the rape of Arundel. Acres, 18, 178. Pop. in 1851, 6, 354. Houses, 1, 212.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Poling AP/CP Poling Hundred East Preston RegD/PLU/Inc Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Poling |
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